Abu Dhabi, November 24, 2011 (AFP) – Pakistan captain Misbah-ul Haq is hoping to win the Twenty20 match against Sri Lanka on Friday to lift their rankings and give them a clean sweep of the series after their Test and one-day victories. Pakistan, the 2009 World Twenty20 champions, have lost

Abu Dhabi, November 24 (AFP): Legendary Sri Lankan batsman Sanath Jayasuriya on Thursday backed his country’s team and captain Tillakaratne Dilshan, saying they needed time and space to recover after losing both Tests and the one-day series to Pakistan. Sri Lanka lost the fifth and final one-day by three wickets on Wednesday, which handed Pakistan ...

KOLKATA (Reuters): England’s Kevin Pietersen has been reprimanded for showing dissent at the umpire after being given out lbw during his side’s six-wicket win over India in Saturday’s Twenty20 international in Kolkata. Pietersen hit a match-winning 53 off just 39 balls at Eden

via PTI Delhi: Retired spin wizard Muttiah Muralitharan on Friday slammed Sri Lankan Cricket Board for asking its players to return home midway through the Indian Premier League for a tour to England, saying the No Objection Certificate had permitted...

It was the marvellous century from former skipper Mahela Jayawardena that saved the blushes for Sri Lanka and helped them to a 14-run victory over Zimbabwe in a rain-marred ICC World Cup Twenty20 game at the Providence Stadium in a Guyana on Monday. Rain that came down in buckets